England women beat Australia Women Youth XI

England's women have secured a first innings victory against Australia
women's Youth XI by 71 runs at The Alan Border Oval, Brisbane, today.

In a two-day warm-up match before the first Women's Ashes Test match, which
starts on Saturday 15th February, England posted 202 batting first and
bowled out Australia Youth for 131. England had then reached 44-2 in the
second innings, before Captain, Clare Connor, finished the game.

Newcomer, Lydia Greenway, scored the majority of England's runs reaching 88
on her full England debut. Lydia flew to Brisbane as a late call-up on
Monday having performed well in the recent women's U19 tour to Australia,
which saw England dominate the ACB's U19 state competition and win six games
from six. Playing with confidence, Lydia admitted, "I had a good tour here
with the U19s and I really enjoyed this match too. I felt very comfortable
and it was good to play some shots. Hopefully, I'll get the chance to step
up and face the Australia senior team".

England Captain, Clare Connor, said. "This was excellent preparation for the
first Test match and it's always great to beat any Australia side in
Australia. I'm sure the Australia senior team will be more competitive, but
the experience has been good for some of our young players like Lydia and
Laura who have an essence of the longer form of the game. It was a very
disciplined performance which is what we'll need to repeat at The Gabba".

Harper was assisted in England's bowling attack by the experience of Clare
Taylor, who returned figures of 1-12 from 12 overs, and is continuing to
bowl with great economy on this tour. The highlight of England's
performance was the fielding, with all but two of the Australia wickets
falling to catches, and Sharon Millantra was run out with an exceptionally
sharp return from Dawn Holden.

England have now won three matches in a row, beating India twice at the end
of the World Series in Christchurch, New Zealand, to finish third in that
competition.

The two Ashes Test Matches are at The Gabba, Brisbane from Saturday 15th -
Tuesday 18th and The Bankstown Oval from 22nd-25th February.

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